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<h1>Earth Surfer - Related Work</h1>
<p>I’m not the only one to go beyond the keyboard and mouse to control Google Earth. Some related work:</p>
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<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/darwiin-remote/">The Darwiin Remote Project</a>.</li>
<li>An independently developed <a href="http://rickvanderzwet.nl/trunkplaza/darwiin-remote/">project</a> for decoding Wii Balance Board data.</li>
<li>The data packet <a href="http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Wii_Balance_Board">format</a> of the Balance Board.</li>
<li><a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2008/11/14/9068804.aspx">WiiEarthVR</a> – A Fully Immersive 3D Experience with Virtual Earth 3D.</li>
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<p>On <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Google+Earth&amp;search_type=&amp;aq=f">YouTube</a>,
  you’ll find the following movies on controlling Google Earth with non-traditional devices:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUDU9lE--E">Balance Board</a> by <a href="http://www.dfki.de/iui/advanti/lab/index.html">DKI</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1beS-eeNt1k">Steering Board</a> by <a href="http://www.irit.fr/">IRIT</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkPem-RU9XM">Wiimote</a> see <a href="http://www.wiili.org">www.wiiLi.org</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoNwJ931aqI">Floor Pads</a> see <a href="http://www.the-earthwalk.com">www.the-earthwalk.com</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr98be8P_Sc">Multi-Touch Monitor</a>.</li>
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<p>and:</p>
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<li>The title of Al Gore’s book, “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_in_the_Balance">Earth in the Balance</a>” was also an inspiration.</li>
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<p><a href="http://code.google.com/p/earthsurfer/">Back to <b>Earth Surfer</b></a></p>
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